# Indiana SB 36: School counselors.

Indiana SB 36, School counselors., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Jean Leising (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-01-08 (First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 36
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: School counselors.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-01-08, First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
- Sponsor: Jean Leising (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: education and career development
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Provides that, for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years, a school shall ensure that at least 60% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, a school shall ensure that at least 80% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Exempts schools that have a school counselor/student ratio that is not more than one school counselor to 350 students from the school counselor time requirement provisions.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Vaneta Becker (Republican), Senate

## Actions (2)

- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senators Leising, Glick, Becker (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0036/versions/SB0036.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0036/versions/SB0036.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB36-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).